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Science Backs Mask Mandates. But in Missouri and Elsewhere, They’re Politically Toxic

Studies Have Repeatedly Found Mandates Encourage Mask Use and Slow COVID Spread. Politics and Lawsuits Make Them Unattractive to Policymakers

by Multiple Reporters

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Judge Rules Against AG Challenge to Masks in Missouri Schools. Columbia Case Continues

If the attorney general’s office wants to challenge school mask rules across the state, it will have to do so with individual cases

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

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Fight Over Mask Orders Growing at Rate to Rival Missouri Delta Variant Cases

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas calls Eric Schmitt threat of lawsuit ‘malarkey’

by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent

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